467 quotes found
“Just as I'd realize that I couldn't keep lying to her because I was in love with her, She'd realize that you can't love a lie."Preston Drake - "Just for Now”
“presidents, when not outright telling lies, feel obliged to shade the truth most of the time. This is called politics; when a president lies successfully, he is called a statesman.”
“It's okay for you to lie but not for me to try”
“Silence itself could be used as deftly and cruelly as a kire”
“If you look at the world today, lies are mainstream. Truth is a fringe phenomenon.”
“Lies are terrible things. One could say that the greatest sins afflicting modern society are the proliferation of lies and silence. We lie through our teeth, then swallow our tongues. All the same,...”
“The most harmful lies and the most hurtful, always contain a grain of truth," he said. "But nevertheless, lies they do remain.”
“The subtlest lie of all is the full truth.”
“She said Im perfectI just love the way she lies.”
“The truth is the most desirable woman in the world and we are the most jealous lovers, reflexively denying anyone else the slightest glimpse of her. We betray her routinely, spending hours and days...”
“Why do you think it is stupid to go to windows instead of to doors?Because you advertise what youre trying to hide, silly. If I have a secret, I dont put tape over my mouth and let everyone know I ...”
“Sometimes a lie builds until the truth does more harm than good”
“And so it was said "tell me your lies and I will help you keep them"And by wisdom attained it was realized that this was not the way. And so it was said "tell me your lies and I will help you heal ...”
“I don't really like lies. I prefer to tell the truth whenever possible. It's much easier to keep track of.”
“The I you know isnt me, you said, truthtelling liarMy roots are not my chainsAnd I to you:Whose hands have grownthrough mine?Owl-voiced I cried then:Who?But yours was the one, the only eye assumedD...”
“I said once that lies have no rights against truth. I was wrong. In daily life, it's the truth that's disenfranchised. What fits the popular narrative, what makes an observer happy with the consist...”
“When you build on lies, you build strong and solid. It was the truth that undid you.”
“The best lies are seasoned with a bit of truth,”
“Life is all about lies. It's about what you can stomach.”
“It's not the lies he tells, it's the seductive way in which he persuades you they are not true.”
